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Where does “cuore” come from?

cuore (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

cuore (Italian): heart; breast, bosom

Definitions

  1. heart; breast, bosom

Ancestry of “cuore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*corem—
2Latincorheart; soul, mind
3Proto-Italickordheart
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

Words derived from “cuore”

  • malincuore
  • scaldacuore
  • cuoriforme
  • batticuore
  • rincuorare
  • struggicuore
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